Argonne heavy-ion fusion program: accelerator demonstration facility (phase zero)

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6377603

Watson, J M; Arnold, R C; Bogaty, J M

The feasibility of the RF linac heavy ion driver for inertial confinement fusion is generally now accepted. However, there are many beam manipulations that are specific to the RF linac HIF driver which must be demonstrated. Accelerator projects have begun at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) to resolve some of the uncertainties. A minimum program has started which involves demonstration of some critical issues for linacs and accumulator rings (injection, accumulation, extraction, emittance growth, beam lifetime, internal compression, etc.). An improved facility is also proposed which would deposit more than 3 kJ on a 0.5 mm radius spot for interesting energy deposition experiments. The experimental program during the past two years has developed a high intensity xenon source, 1.5 MV preaccelerator, and the initial RF linac cavities for the demonstration projects.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6377603
• Report Number(s): IAEA-CN-38/P-4-1; CONF-800707-27; ON: DE81025155
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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